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Musings and verses by Jatan, a slow thinker, web wonk, and human.

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How to have the most productive Mondays ever?

 How to have the most productive Mondays ever?

Just start a newsletter that announces in its name to the whole world that it will go out every Monday: https://jatan.space/tag/moon-monday 🌝

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Newsletter for friends #03: Stuff from August & September

 Newsletter for friends #03: Stuff from August & September

Hello friends,

Here’s another web letter of notable things I’ve been up to or enjoyed recently. A lot has happened over the last two months, and below are slices from both the spacey and non-spacey parts of my life.

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* Why research paper DOIs don’t work sometimes

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Rules to effectively use social media

 Rules to effectively use social media

* Be outraged about everything
* Be woke across all of time
* Never bring nuance
* Signal disapproval, or you might just cause an existential crisis for many
* Get called out for not flicking your fingers in ways prescribed by stranger collectives
* Torch your long-built reputation in no time
* Assume others aren’t

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LinkedIn Newsletters are spam and a scam

 LinkedIn Newsletters are spam and a scam

Many people have been suggesting me to start a “LinkedIn Newsletter” for my space articles specifically because it will tap into my existing connections and their networks on the platform. After much reluctance against joining yet another siloed service, I thought perhaps it doesn’t hurt to give it a

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A focused phone experience with Archaic Intelligence

 A focused phone experience with Archaic Intelligence

I’m sharing with you the simple process I used to customize my phone such that in terms of incentives, it’s now easier to do the things that are good for me versus the things that are better off accessed with some friction.

For any kind of serious work,

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Newsletter for friends #02: Stuff from mostly July

 Newsletter for friends #02: Stuff from mostly July

Hello friends,

Thank you for your great response to my first newsletter for friends! Continuing to embrace a calmer digital life against the slurp of social media, I’m sharing with you another web letter of notable things I’ve been up to or enjoyed circa July.

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* The moving